It is sooo cool to watch that big of a dancefloor freak out when Deadmau5 drops his track “Ghosts and Stuff” after the intro. The feeling that you get when you drop a track and people freak out is unreal! The vibe is electric and the feeling is addictive. It is a very rare thing in this world to get so much from something that actually makes other people feel just as good if not better.
Its dj videos like these that make me really thankful that I took the step to DJ many years ago. I still remember BEGGING my mom to lend me the money to buy DJ gear and dj lessons… To think that even a guy like Deadmau5 started off as just a kid in his bedroom just like you and I is awesome.
I hope this inspires you as much as it inspires me. Deadmau5 is obviously having fun with his intro act, he is being paid ridiculous amounts of thousands of dollars and the dancefloor is obviously LOVING it as well! I hope that one day you get to experience this feeling that both Deadmau5 and I have felt!
I just found a killer interview that MTV did with DJ Tiesto. Tijs is preparing for this years WMC (Winter Music Conference) in Miami and tells you who to look out for this year.
Tiesto was the #1 ranked DJ in the world for years and now resides in the #3 spot. One of the best ways of discovering new music is to ask other DJs. In this video Tiesto talks about the DJs and dj bands that he is looking forward to seeing:
Well Laidback Luke walks you into his studio which is nothing more than a room in his family house with a small computer screen, a small keyboard and a Microphone. You get to see one of Luke’s unreleased tracks! Joachim Garraud, another superstar French DJ is behind the camera.
He plays off of his laptop so he doesn’t need DJ equipment at home. He doesn’t even use his speakers because he doesn’t want to wake his kids up at night. Luke one best DJ / Producer in 2008 and this is where he did it from!
So you don’t need a super fancy expensive setup. You don’t need every piece of DJ gear around. You don’t even need speakers to be the best DJ in the world…
Now if you’re anything like me you probably shudder at the word “theory”. It sounds very academic… doesn’t it. And anything relating to school I want NOTHING to do with…
That being said I found a sweet series articles that explains all of the different points of beatmatching. The different steps won’t actually teach you how to DJ… but they will help prepare you for beginning to learn the basics of dj mixing and beatmatching
A friend who works with Steve Angello just let me know that Steve just threw up a video reflecting back on the year that was.
This year was HUGE for Steve and the Sweedish House Mafia. He remixed “Show Me Love”, had a legendary residency at Pacha Ibiza this summer called the Dark Forrest and who could forget the fist fight he got into with Paris Hilton.
